Understanding Acupuncture

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• Understanding Acupuncture *
• About the Authors *
• Understanding Acupuncture *
• Contents *
• Foreword *
• Preface *
• Acknowledgements *
• Section 1 What Acupuncture Is *
• 1 - History 3
• 2 - The Acculturation and Re-Acculturation of Acupuncture 43
• 3 - The Theoretical Basis of Acupuncture: Fundamental Concepts and Explanatory Models 87
• 4 - How Does Acupuncture Work? 147
• Section 2 How Acupuncture is Practiced *
• 5 - What Does Acupuncture Treat? 187
• 6 - Diagnosis and Patient Assessment: What Do Acupuncturists Do? 215
• 7 - Treatment 255

• Understanding Acupuncture *
• About the Authors *
• Understanding Acupuncture *
• Contents *
• Foreword *
• Preface *
• Acknowledgements *
• Section 1 What Acupuncture Is *
• 1 - History 3
• 2 - The Acculturation and Re-Acculturation of Acupuncture 43
• 3 - The Theoretical Basis of Acupuncture: Fundamental Concepts and Explanatory Models 87
• 4 - How Does Acupuncture Work? 147
• Section 2 How Acupuncture is Practiced *
• 5 - What Does Acupuncture Treat? 187
• 6 - Diagnosis and Patient Assessment: What Do Acupuncturists Do? 215
• 7 - Treatment 255
• 8 - Conclusion and Strategies for the Future 291
• Appendices *
• Appendix 1 - Resources and Questions 303
• Appendix 2 - Major Acupuncture/ Moxibustion Treatises 309
• Bibliography *
• Index *